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Month: March 2020

Daily Gospel reflections: Finding peace in Jesus’ cross

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‘Pray to the Lord to take the serpents from us.’ (Numbers 21:7) “Sister,” blurted frustrated 10-year-old Marion during language arts, “sometimes I get so mad life kinda chokes me.” Like young Marion and the Israelites, we all have personal …

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Investors urge corporations to act prudently as financial crisis looms

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Dozens of institutional investors, including Catholic religious congregations, labor unions, public pensions and faith-based asset management firms, called on companies to support workers through policies to prevent severe economic hardship brought on by the new coronavirus.

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Brazilian pews become trenches in fight against quarantine

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Like every Sunday, Brazilian Pastor Silas Malafaia took the stage of his Pentecostal temple in a middle-class Rio de Janeiro neighborhood. But this week, he wore a T-shirt instead of a blazer and, behind the three cameras broadcasting to his legion of YouTube followers, were thousands

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Christ’s Miracles Show Us How to Love our Neighbor While Social Distancing

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Christ's Miracles Show Us How to Love our Neighbor While Social DistancingBy now, social distancing has been drilled into our heads. As Catholics, called to love our neighbors this presents a particular challenge, given that real tangible presence is the hallmark of incarnate charity. Fortunately, there are some biblical precedents to which we can look for guidance. Of particular relevance are Jesus’ healings of lepers given […]

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